United States
              Environmental
              Protection Agency
Office of Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5102G)
EPA 542-F-96-002a
February 1997
AEPA  Completed  North American
              Innovative  Remediation Technology
              Demonstration  Projects
   This report summarizes key  information about more than 300 completed innovative remediation technology
   demonstration projects. The information is presented in a manner that enables project managers and other interested
   persons to easily identify the innovative technologies that may be appropriate for their particular site remediation
   needs. The projects are organized according to the media treated and the type of treatment technology. The report
   includes technical report numbers, as well as the address and telephone number of the technology vendor and the
   sponsoring agency. An electronic version of the report is available free of charge on EPA's Cleanup Information
   (CLU-IN) bulletin board.      I
              BACKGROUND
              More than 300 government-sponsored innova-
              tive technology  field demonstration  projects
              have been completed in North America. Many of
              the demonstration  projects were performed,
              sponsored,    or  funded  through programs
              developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection
              Agency (EPA), the Armed Forces (Army, Navy,
              and Air Force), the Department of Energy, the
              California EPA, and the Canadian government.
              The demonstration results from these programs
              usually are scattered among numerous technical
              reports that federal  site ~ project  managers,
              consultants, educators and  other professionals
              responsible for waste remediation and corrective
              action cleanup projects may find difficult to obtain.

              The purpose  of this report  therefore  is to
              consolidate  key  information  from  innovative
              remediation  technology demonstration  projects
              into  a  single document  and  present  that
              information  in a matrix that  enables  project
              managers and other interested persons to easily
              identify  innovative  technologies that  may be
              appropriate for their particular  site remediation
              needs. The matrix, which is limited to completed
              demonstration projects and a small number of full-
              scale cleanup efforts, does not address emerging
              technologies or laboratory-scale projects.

              MATRIX OF COMPLETED
              DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS

              The matrix is organized according to the media
              treated: soil, sludge, and sediment projects or
              groundwater projects. The  demonstrations are
              differentiated further by the  following treatment
              technology types: (1) ex situ biological, (2) in
              situ biological, (3) ex situ physical or chemical,
              (4) in situ physical or chemical, (5) ex situ
              thermal, and (6) in situ thermal.
            Demonstration Projects by Media
                  and Type of Treatment
                 Groundwater Physical/
                    Chemical 17%
          Groundwater
          Biological 4%
     Soil Biological
        17%
             Soil
           Thermal
             24%
                                       Soil Physical/
                                       Chemical 38%
                .  Ex Situ Technologies (120)
                      Groundwater
                    Physical/Chemical
                         17%
          Groundwater
          Biological 9%
    Soil Biological
       20%
            Soil
           Thermal
            14%
                                       Soil Physical/
                                       Chemical 40%
                   In Situ Technologies (139)

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Technology
Soil Vapor
Extraction
Biodcgradation
Stabilization/
Solidification
Soil Washing
Air Stripping
Biovcnting
Thermal
Dcsorption
Radio / Electric
Heating
Other Physical
Processes
Oxidation
Incineration
Precipitation /
Filtration
Solvent Extraction
Bioreactor
Other Biological
Processes
Thermal Enhanced
Extraction
Bioslurry
Vitrification
Other Thermal
Processes
Number of Projects
29 Soil
5 Groundwater
23 Soil
10 Groundwater
23 Soil
1 Groundwater
23 Soil
0 Groundwater
9 Soil
14 Groundwater
J3 Soil
3 Groundwater
14 Soil
0 Groundwater
13 Soil
0 Groundwater
10 Soil
2 Groundwater
0 Soil
12 Groundwater
10 Soil
0 Groundwater
2 Soil
8 Groundwater
5 Soil
2 Groundwater
4 Soil
2 Groundwater
4 Soil
2 Groundwater
6 Soil
0 Groundwater
4 Soil
0 Groundwater
3 Soil
0 Groundwater
3 Soil
0 Groundwaler
13%
13%
9%
9%
9%
6%
5%
5%
5%
5%
4%
4%
3%
2%
2%
2%
2%
1%
1%
Contaminant
SVOC
Nonhalogenated
VOC
Nonhalogenated
VOC
Halogenated
Inorganics
SVOC
Halogenated
Explosives /
Propellants
Number of Projects
108 Soil
16 Groundwater
92 Soil
27 Groundwater
41 Soil
31 Groundwater
60 Soil
10 Groundwater
50 Soil
11 Groundwater
6 Soil
1 Groundwater
                                                                     Each   technology
                                                                     demonstration listing
                                                                     includes (1) the name
                                                                     of the technology or
                                                                     process;   (2)   the
                                                                     type(s) of contami-
                                                                     nant  treated;  (3)  a
                                                                     description of the site
                                                                     activity; (4) the dem-
                                                                     onstration  date; (5)
                                                                     the technical report
                                                                     number;   (6)   the
                                                                     project title;  (7) the
                                                                     name, address,  and
                                                                     telephone number of
                                                                     the developer or ven-
                                                                     dor of the technol-
                                                                     ogy;  (8)  the name,
                                                                     address,  and  tele-
                      phone number of the sponsor of the demonstration  project; and (9) an
                      annotation indicating whether the vendor of the technology is listed in
                      EPA's Vendor Information System for Innovative Treatment Technologies
                      (VISITT). The levels of detail included in the listings vary according to the
                      availability of information about the demonstration project.

                      An electronic, menu-driven version of the report  currently is available
                      free of charge on EPA's CLU-IN bulletin board (http://clu-in.com).
                        The report is available free of charge to government employees and
                       nonprofit organizations through the National Center for Environmental
                                     Publications and Information (NCEPI) at
                                    (800) 490-9198; Fax  Orders: (513) 489-8695.

                                 For non-EPA parties, the report (#PB 96-153-127)
                             can be purchased for $21.50 from the National Technical
                                   Information Service (NTIS) at (703) 487-4650.
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